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There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity.

— Pope John Paul II

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How could man have such utter contempt for man? Because he had reached the point of contempt for God.

Truth can never be confined to time and culture; in history it is known, but it also reaches beyond history.

Fides et Ratio (1998)

As the family goes, so goes the nation, and so goes the whole world in which we live.

The moral life presents itself as the response due to the many gratuitous initiatives taken by God out of love for man.

Veritatis Splendor (1993)

The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.

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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

Albert Einstein Moral Decay (1937)

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

Erasmus Adagia (1508)

There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.

Woodrow Wilson

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

George Washington

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